Philip Corcoran R.I.P. Funeral Homily
I celebrated Mass on Saturday June 9th, with a number of other priests and a packed church in Monasteraden to pray for Philip Corcoran who died earlier in the week…
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You’d be welcome …
I was ordained, as many of you know, on June 14th 1987. The Ordination was in my home parish of Gurteen and Bishop Flynn ordained me. On Sunday next I…
A man acknowledged
Before closing down I want to acknowledge Philip Corcoran who died earlier today in Letterkenny. Philip was from Lumcloon, Monasteraden and devoted his short life to nursing, latterly as a…
Fr Greg Hannan
Just home from Ballymote where I attended a Mass of Thanksgiving and Parish Celebration to mark the Golden Jubilee of Fr Gregory Hannan. Greg is from Gurteen and taught me…
Maynooth Union
As I mentioned we spent two days in Maynooth this week. We were attending what is called the “Maynooth Union Day” and yesterday we had concelebrated Mass in the College…
Steps retraced
It’s 3.30am and I can’t sleep. Never good at counting sheep, I’ve decided to virtually scribble a few lines here. Earlier this evening I arrived in Maynooth and joined some…
Ordained
Congratulations to Paul Kivlehan who was ordained a Deacon earlier today in Maynooth. Paul will be ordained a priest of Achonry Diocese in 2013, please God. We wish him every…
Unlocked doors and voices found ….
The Feast of Pentecost sees the throwing open of locked doors. The Apostles, fearful of the consequences of speaking their faith and praying their prayers in public and unsure of…
On Grafton Street …..
I was in Dublin yesterday. I had a few hours to kill and parked the car in Trinity Street Car Park. A quick text to a friend led to a…
Anybody get a different answer to that ……
Earlier today (May 23rd) I attended the Funeral Mass of James Flanagan in Ballymote. May he rest in peace. James was our Maths teacher when I was a student in…